LB Brief

LB Brief provides students of varying skills and interests with clear, reliable, and accessible explanations of handbook basics--the writing process, grammar and usage, and research writing. Concise and easy to use it focuses on 3 main emphases: writing in and out of college, visual literacy, and research writing. LB Brief helps writing students find what they need and then use what they find.

ISBN 0205530591   Volumes 1 ISBN13 9780205530595 (What's this?)   Weight (grammes) 637 Publisher Pearson Education (US)   Published in New Jersey Imprint Longman Inc   Series title Little, Brown Handbook Format Paperback   Previous ISBN 9780321207814 Publication date 07 Feb 2007   Height (mm) 208 DEWEY 808.042   Width (mm) 140 DEWEY edition DC22   Spine width (mm) 24 Pages 640   Academic level Professional / Scholarly, Tertiary education

PART ONE: WRITING PROCESS 1 The Writing Situation a Analysis b Subject c Audience d Purpose 2 Invention a Journal keeping b Observing c Freewriting d Brainstorming e Clustering f Asking questions g Reading 3 Thesis and Organization a Thesis statement b Organization Sample Essay 4 Drafting a Starting b Maintaining momentum c Sample First Draft 5 Revising and Editing a Revising the whole essay b Sample revision c Editing d Formatting; proofreading e Sample Final Draft f Collaborating g Preparing a writing portfolio 6 Paragraphs a Unity around a central idea b Coherence c Development d Introductions and conclusions e Linking paragraphs 7 Document Design a Academic papers b Principles of design c Elements of design d Illustrations e Papers submitted online f Readers with disabilities PART TWO: WRITING IN AND OUT OF COLLEGE 8 Academic Writing a Academic habits b Audience c Purpose d Structure and content e Language 9 Study Skills a Time management b Listening and note taking in class c Reading d Exams Sample Essay Exams 10 Critical Reading and Writing a Critical reading b Critically viewing images c Critical writing Sample Critique of a Text 11 Writing Arguments a Elements of argument b Writing reasonably c Organizing an argument d Sample Argument 12 Reading and Writing About Literature a Writing while reading b Critical reading c Sample Works and Papers 13 Public Writing a Business letters and resumes Sample Letter and Resumes b Memos Sample Memo c Electronic mail Sample E-mail Message d Community work Sample Newsletter and Brochure e Web composition Sample Web Page 14 Oral Presentations a Purpose and audience b Organization c Delivery Sample Powerpoint Slides PART THREE: CLARITY AND STYLE 15 Emphasis a Subjects and verbs b Sentence beginnings and endings c Coordination d Subordination 16 Parallelism a With and, but, or, nor, yet b With both ... and, etc. c In comparisons d In lists, headings, and outlines 17 Variety and Details a Sentence length b Sentence structure c Details 18 Appropriate and Exact Words a Appropriate words b Exact words 19 Completeness a Compounds b Needed words 20 Conciseness a Focusing on subject and verb b Cutting empty words c Cutting repetition d Tightening clauses and phrases e Cutting there is or it is f Combining sentences g Avoiding jargon PART FOUR: SENTENCE PARTS AND PATTERNS Basic grammar 21 Parts of Speech a Nouns b Pronouns c Verbs d Adjectives and adverbs e Prepositions and conjunctions f Interjections 22 The Sentence a Subject and predicate b Predicate patterns c Alternative patterns 23 Phrases and Subordinate Clauses a Phrases b Subordinate clauses 24 Sentence Types a Simple sentences b Compound sentences c Complex sentences d Compound-complex sentences Verbs 25 Forms a Irregular verbs b Sit/set; lie/lay; rise/raise c -s and-ed forms d Helping verbs e Verb + gerund or infinitive f Verb + particle 26 Tense a Present tense: sing b Perfect tense: have/had/will have sung c Progressive tense: is/was/will be singing d Consistency e Sequence 27 Mood a Subjunctive: I wish I were b Consistency 28 Voice a Active vs. passive b Consistency 29 Subject-Verb Agreement a -s and -es endings b Intervening words c Subjects with and d Subjects with or or nor e Everyone and other indefinite pronouns f Team and other collective nouns g Who, which, that h News and other singular nouns ending in -s i Inverted word order j Is, are, and other linking verbs k Titles; words being defined Pronouns 30 Case a She and I vs.her and me b It was she vs.It was her c Who vs.whom d Other constructions 31 Pronoun-Antecedent Agreement a Antecedents with and b Antecedents with or or nor c Everyone, person, and other indefin

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